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Penetrating Neck Injury
Karim Brohi, trauma.org 7:6, June 2002

References

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Airway

Desjardins G, Varon AJ. Airway management for penetrating neck injuries: the Miami experience. Resuscitation. 2001 Jan;48(1):71-5

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Vascular

Feliciano DV. Management of penetrating injuries to carotid artery. World J Surg. 2001 Aug;25(8):1028-35

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Nair R, Robbs JV, Muckart DJ. Management of penetrating cervicomediastinal venous trauma. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2000 Jan;19(1):65-9

Oesophagus

Asensio JA, Chahwan S, Forno W, MacKersie R, et al. Penetrating esophageal injuries: multicenter study of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma. 2001 Feb;50(2):289-96

Weigelt JA, Thal ER, Snyder WH 3rd, Fry RE, Meier DE, Kilman WJ. Diagnosis of penetrating cervical esophageal injuries. Am J Surg. 1987 Dec;154(6):619-22

Nerves, Spinal Cord, Spinal column

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Moyed S, Shanmuganathan K, Mirvis SE, Bethel A, Rothman M. MR imaging of penetrating spinal trauma. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999 Nov;173(5):1387-91

McKinley WO, Johns JS, Musgrove JJ. Clinical presentations, medical complications, and functional outcomes of individuals with gunshot wound-induced spinal cord injury. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1999 Mar-Apr;78(2):102-7

Barkana Y, Stein M, Scope A, Maor R, Abramovich Y, Friedman Z, Knoller N. Prehospital stabilization of the cervical spine for penetrating injuries of the neck - is it necessary? Injury. 2000 Jun;31(5):305-9

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CT Scanning

Gracias VH, Reilly PM, Philpott J, Klein WP, Lee SY, Singer M, Schwab CW. Computed tomography in the evaluation of penetrating neck trauma: a preliminary study. Arch Surg. 2001 Nov;136(11):1231-5

Munera F, Soto JA, Palacio D, Velez SM, Medina E. Diagnosis of arterial injuries caused by penetrating trauma to the neck: comparison of helical CT angiography and conventional angiography. Radiology. 2000 Aug;216(2):356-62

Mazolewski PJ, Curry JD, Browder T, Fildes J. Computed tomographic scan can be used for surgical decision making in zone II penetrating neck injuries. J Trauma. 2001 Aug;51(2):315-9

Selective management

Apffelstaedt JP, Muller R. Results of mandatory exploration for penetrating neck trauma. World J Surg. 1994 Nov-Dec;18(6):917-9

Demetriades D, Vandenbossche P, Ritz M, Goodmann D, Kowalszik J. Non-therapeutic operations for penetrating trauma: early morbidity and mortality. Br J Surg. 1993 Jul;80(7):860-1

Sekharan J, Dennis JW, Veldenz HC, Miranda F, Frykberg ER. Continued experience with physical examination alone for evaluation and management of penetrating zone 2 neck injuries: results of 145 cases. J Vasc Surg. 2000 Sep;32(3):483-9

Eddy VA. Is routine arteriography mandatory for penetrating injury to zone 1 of the neck? Zone 1 Penetrating Neck Injury Study Group. J Trauma. 2000 Feb;48(2):208-13

Dennis JW, Frykberg ER, Veldenz HC, Huffman S, Menawat SS. Validation of nonoperative management of occult vascular injuries and accuracy of physical examination alone in penetrating extremity trauma: 5- to 10-year follow-up. J Trauma. 1998 Feb;44(2):243-52

Biffl WL, Moore EE, Rehse DH, Offner PJ, Franciose RJ, Burch JM. Selective management of penetrating neck trauma based on cervical level of injury. Am J Surg. 1997 Dec;174(6):678-82

Sofianos C, Degiannis E, Van den Aardweg MS, et al. Selective surgical management of zone II gunshot injuries of the neck: a prospective study. Surgery. 1996 Nov;120(5):785-8

Demetriades D, Theodorou D, Cornwell E, et al Evaluation of penetrating injuries of the neck: prospective study of 223 patients. World J Surg. 1997 Jan;21(1):41-7

Klyachkin ML, Rohmiller M, Charash WE, Sloan DA, Kearney PA. Penetrating injuries of the neck: selective management evolving. Am Surg. 1997 Feb;63(2):189-94

Demetriades D, Theodorou D, Cornwell E 3rd, et al. Penetrating injuries of the neck in patients in stable condition. Physical examination, angiography, or color flow Doppler imaging. Arch Surg. 1995 Sep;130(9):971-5

Atteberry LR, Dennis JW, Menawat SS, Frykberg ER. Physical examination alone is safe and accurate for evaluation of vascular injuries in penetrating Zone II neck trauma. J Am Coll Surg. 1994 Dec;179(6):657-62

Mansour MA, Moore EE, Moore FA, Whitehill TA. Validating the selective management of penetrating neck wounds. Am J Surg. 1991 Dec;162(6):517-20

Penetrating Neck Injury

Introduction
Airway
Vascular
 - Zone 1
 - Zone 2
 - Zone 3
Oesophagus
Neural
Management
References

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